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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=4> December 2012
				    <td><h3>Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Dec 3 Saturday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Rinpoche will continue the
instruction on the actual practice of the Six Bardos teaching under Part Two, titled Chapter Three: The
Natural Liberation of the Foundation – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of
Living.
<br><br>
					    Time : Dec 11, Sunday 2~5pm<br>
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Dec 18 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Dec 19 , Monday 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=5> November 2012
				    <td><h3>Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Nov 4, Friday 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Lha Bab Duchen Amitabha Retreat</h3>
RingDrub (Amitabha Practice) is traditionally held in Larong Gar Buddhist Academy in every November not only to commemorate the historical significance of Buddha Shakyamuni’s descent from heaven (Lha Bab Duchen, 11/17/2012), but also to enhance one’s virtue through vast practices during this holy month. The effect of positive or negative activities on this day are multiplied 10 millions times.
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To follow this annual convention along with the enormous body of Larong’s sangha, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will lead an Amitabha retreat in hope of enhancing our accumulations through the combined virtues of this group practice. In another word, by participating in the Amitabha practice during this time, the virtue we accumulate will be as great as that which is generated by the practice of thousands of sangha in Larong Gar.

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11/12/2012 Saturday 10:00 AM ~ 12:00 PM Amitabha Empowerment
                     2:00 PM ~   5:00 PM Amitabha Practice

11/13/2012 Sunday    6:30 AM ~   8:00 AM Nyungne Precept Initiation
                     8:00 AM ~   9:00 AM Break
                     9:00 AM ~ 11:30 AM Amitabha Practice
                    11:30 AM ~   1:30 PM Lunch Break
                     1:30 PM  ~  4:00 PM Amitabha Practice
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Precepts of Nyungne:
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No killing, no stealing, no gossip, no sexual intercourse, no consumption of alcohol beverage, no sitting or laying on comfortable bed, no eating/drinking/talking past noon till the next monrning, no perfume and makeup or elaborate clothing. Those with special physical condition may be exempt on a case by case basis. Please make sure to bathe and rinse your mouth before arriving at DRDC. Please email sharonwang01@yahoo.com to RSVP. We need the headcount for lunch preparation.
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Benefits of Nyungne practice:
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According to the sutras, if the practice is observed and carried out sincerely with proper Mahayana motivation, it will purify one's negative elements and karma, accumulate positive virtue, block the gateways to lower rebirth, bring about the power of healing, avoid being in the predicament of war, violence, and famine, and take rebirth in the Pureland of Dewachen.
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					    Time : Nov 12 ~ 13 Sunday, 5:30am~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering(Cancelled)</h3>
					    Time : Nov 19 , Tuesday 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Nov 20 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.)- Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Three: The Natural Liberation of the Foundation – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Living. The main subject in this teaching will be focused on the instructions of Shamatha meditation – Shamatha with Attributes v.s. Shamatha without Attributes. 
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					    Time : Nov 27 , Sunday 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=9> October 2012
				    <td><h3>Ritual Training Class</h3>
					    2:00 ~ 3:30 PM Chopon Training Class<br>
					    3:40 ~ 5:10 PM Wongzad (Chant leader) Training Class<br><br>
					    Time : Oct 7 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Oct 9, Tuesday 7~9pm<br><br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Oct 14 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Six: The Natural Liberation of Mindfulness of Transference– Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dying. The critical application of Phowa practice - pith instructions/guidance for each stage of transition will be elaborated in great details in this chapter 
<br><br>
Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Oct 14, Sunday 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Oct 21 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Ritual Training Class</h3>
					    2:00 ~ 3:30 PM Chopon Training Class<br>
					    3:40 ~ 5:10 PM Wongzad (Chant leader) Training Class<br><br>
					    Time : Oct 21 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Oct 23 Tuesday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Oct 28 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Six: The Natural Liberation of Mindfulness of Transference– Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dying. The critical application of Phowa practice - pith instructions/guidance for each stage of transition will be elaborated in great details in this chapter. 
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Oct 28, Sunday 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=9> September 2012
				    <td><h3>Ritual Training Class</h3>
					    2:00 ~ 3:30 PM Chopon Training Class<br>
					    3:40 ~ 5:10 PM Wongzad (Chant leader) Training Class<br><br>
					    Time : Sep 2 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Sep 9 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Six: The Natural Liberation of Mindfulness of Transference– Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dying. The critical application of Phowa practice - pith instructions/guidance for each stage of transition will be elaborated in great details in this chapter 
<br><br>
Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Sep 9, Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
			        <tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Sep 9, Sunday 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Sep 16 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Ritual Training Class</h3>
					    2:00 ~ 3:30 PM Chopon Training Class<br>
					    3:40 ~ 5:10 PM Wongzad (Chant leader) Training Class<br><br>
					    Time : Sep 16 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Sep 23 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teaching - Teachings on the Six Bardos</h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Six: The Natural Liberation of Mindfulness of Transference– Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dying. The critical application of Phowa practice - pith instructions/guidance for each stage of transition will be elaborated in great details in this chapter 
<br><br>
Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Sep 23, Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Sep 24 Monday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=8> August 2012
				    <td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : Aug 11 Saturday 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Aug 12 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Five: The Natural Liberation of the Awareness – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Meditative Equipoise

Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Aug 12 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Aug 19 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Ritual Training Class</h3>
					    2:00 ~ 3:30 PM Chopon Training Class<br>
					    3:40 ~ 5:10 PM Wongzad (Chant leader) Training Class<br><br>
Starting 7/27, Lama Drimed Rinpoche will offer a series of ritual training on the chodpon and wongzad according to Nyingma tradition to the interested sangha. These training classes intend to prep individuals assuming the role of a chodpon or wongzad with knowledge and skills of the ritual requirements and formal etiquette, from the level of general practices to specific sadhana with emphasis on the regular practices conducted in DRDC. Suggested donation made out to support DRDC: $15/class. 
<br><br>
					    Time : Aug 19 Sunday, 2pm ~ 5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Aug 25 Saturday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Aug 26 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Five: The Natural Liberation of the Awareness – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Meditative Equipoise

Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : Aug 26 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=9> July 2012
				    <td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : July 8 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Five: The Natural Liberation of the Awareness – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Meditative Equipoise

Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : July 8 Sunday, 2pm ~ 5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : July 12 Thursday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : July 15 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : July 22 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
Rinpoche will continue on with Chapter Five: The Natural Liberation of the Awareness – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Meditative Equipoise

Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br><br>
<a href=http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drdc-teachings>Watch the class online</a>
<br><br>
					    Time : July 22 Sunday, 2pm ~ 5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : July 27 Friday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center

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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=6> June 2012
				    <td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering </h3>
					    Time : June 13 Wednesday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : June 17 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : June 28 Thursday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=4> May 2012
				    <td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : May 13 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
 About the Six Bardos Teaching:<br><br>
Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six
Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through
Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”.
The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then
transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton
Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and
engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the
practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in
determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct
way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.”<br><br>
During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to
the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in
Larong Five-Science Academy. The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the
relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of
Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be
introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true
benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures
with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama
Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding),
Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness).<br><br>

Reference<br><br>
Natural Liberation – Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos (Commentary by Gyatrul
Rinpoche; Translated by B. Alan Wallace

<br><br>
					    Time : May 13 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Dakini Day Tsog Offering</h3>
					    Time : May 14 Monday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : May 19 Saturday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=8> April 2012
				    <td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Apr 1 Sunday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Apr 8 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. <br>
<br>
					    Time : Apr 8 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Apr 15 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3> Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering </h3>
					    Time : Apr 15 Sunday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Apr 22 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. <br>
<br>
					    Time : Apr 22 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Apr 30 Monday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=7> March 2012
				    <td><h3>Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Mar 2 Friday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    2/22 to 3/15 is Tibetan New Year Buddhist Festival Bumgyur Dawa.  It is the Miraculous month for us.  Positive or negative actions are multiplied 10 million times.  Because of such positive action, Lama Drimed is going to perform the Life Release on this coming Sunday March 4, 10am at Marina Berkeley.<br>
					    Time : Mar 4 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Mar 11 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. <br>
<br>
					    Time : Mar 11 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering </h3>
					    Time : Mar 15 Thursday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Mar 25 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. <br>
<br>
					    Time : Mar 25 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center

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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=8> February 2012
				    <td><h3>Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Feb 1 Wednesday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Feb 12 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.”
<br>
 
During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy.  The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness).

<br><br>
					    Time : Feb 12 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Feb 19 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3> Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering </h3>
					    Time : Feb 16 Thursday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> The Practice of Dakini Kurukulle Sadhana & Tsog </h3>
					2/25~26/2012 Saturday and Sunday 2 days events <br>
					(Tibetan language class and teachings on the Six Bardos will be postponed)
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				<tr><td class=month rowspan=8> Janurary 2012
				    <td><h3>Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering</h3>
					    (Please bring tsog food)<br>
					    Time : Jan 2 Monday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Jan 8 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.”
<br>
 
During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy.  The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness).

<br><br>
					    Time : Jan 8 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3> Anniversary of H.H. Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche : Lama Chopa and Guru Rinpoche Tsog Shower of Blessing Practice</h3>
					    Time : Jan 9 Monday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Life Release</h3>
					    Time : Jan 15 Sunday, 10am<br>
					    Berkeley Marina
				<tr><td><h3> Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering </h3>
					    Time : Jan 17 Tuesday, 7~9pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Tibetan Language Class </h3>
					    10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth)<br>
					    11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult)<br>
					    <br>
					    Time : Jan 22 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
				<tr><td><h3>Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) </h3>
					    Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG)
<br>

Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.”
<br>
 
During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy.  The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness).

<br><br>
					    Time : Jan 22 Sunday, 2~5pm<br>
					    Dechen Rang Dharma Center
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